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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Crushed by Lauren Layne

Lauren Layne’s latest novel about the healing
power of redemption tells the story of a crush gone wickedly wrong, proving that what you want isn’t always what you need.

Growing up in New York, Michael St. Claire never expected to spend his twenties wearing cowboy boots. But that was before he
learned about his real father, a total stranger with a family in Cedar Grove, Texas. Once in the Lone Star State, Michael meets Kristin
Bellamy, who is exquisitely refined and everything Michael always thought he wanted in a woman. The only problem is that Kristin is
dating Michael’s new half brother, Devon.

Kristin’s mouthy, curvy sister Chloe has always been in love with Devon Patterson.
So when Michael offers to help Chloe break up Devon and Kristin, Chloe agrees to a deal that seems too good to be true. Before long,
Chloe finally gets her man, only to make a startling discovery: She no longer wants the guy she had to fight for—she wants the one who
stood by her side. After all he and Chloe have been through, Michael swears he’s damaged goods. Can Chloe convince him that love is
worth the risk?

Prior
to her writing career, USA Today bestselling author Lauren Layne
worked in e-commerce and web marketing. She wore cute shoes and actual outfits,
like an adult. Then she was like, nope, changed into her pajamas, and started
writing romance novels for Penguin Random House and Grand Central Publishing.
Lauren believes in sarcasm, weekday happy hours, and happily-ever-afters, the
latter of which she writes full-time from her Manhattan apartment.